Biochemistry Concepts

Alaska WWAMI's first-year medical students are expected to understand the following:

Acid-Base chemistry

Concept of pKa

Amino acids

Proteins

Hemoglobin

Myoglobin

Collagen

Enzyme action

Enzyme kinetics

Plasma membranes

Principles of energetics

In addition, a basic understanding of genetic principles and the fundamentals of cell biology (cell division, cell organelles, etc.) is expected.

The depth of knowledge should be at the level of an upper-division Biochemistry class. You may want to look at standard Biochemistry textbooks (Principles of Biochemistry by Nelson & Cox; or Biochemistry by Champe et.al.) to refresh your knowledge of these prerequisite topics.